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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 22222

Spinal surgery in which a wedge of bone is cut out of a vertebra in the mid-back and the spine is closed down over the gap, correcting a fixed curve or angle that cannot be straightened any other way. It covers work on one segment of the spine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity cost?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,291$1,995 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,239 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $2,291

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$2,344

AK $7,244TX $646

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.